Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant at Highline College

What traits are you looking for in a respiratory therapy technician/assistant school? To help you decide if Highline College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's respiratory therapy technician/assistant program.

Highline is located in Des Moines, Washington and has a total student population of 5,829.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant section at the bottom of this page.

 

 

Highline Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant

Highline Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the respiratory therapy technician/assistant progam at Highline compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The respiratory therapy technician/assistant major at Highline is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	2
Best Value Respiratory Therapy Technician Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Focused Respiratory Therapy Technician Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	5
Most Popular Respiratory Therapy Technician Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	5
	5
Best Respiratory Therapy Technician Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	5
Most Popular Respiratory Therapy Technician Associate Degree Trade Schools	16
Most Focused Respiratory Therapy Technician Trade Schools	25

Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant Student Demographics at Highline

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the respiratory therapy technician/assistant majors at Highline College.

Highline Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in respiratory therapy technician/assistant from Highline. About 100% were men and 0% were women. The typical respiratory therapy technician/assistant bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at Highline since its program graduates 67% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Highline College with a bachelor's in respiratory therapy technician/assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Highline also has a doctoral program available in respiratory therapy technician/assistant. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Medical/Clinical Assistant

Careers That Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant Grads May Go Into

A degree in respiratory therapy technician/assistant can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Highline College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Respiratory Therapy Technicians	60	$58,190

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.